Hardcover blurb: This was the mission upon which Freddie de la Hay now embarked. Wearing his new collar, in which a small transmitter had been expertly concealed, the obliging and urbane Pimlico terrier was put on a lead and taken downstairs. . . . Freddie's new career had begun. He was now officially in the service of his country, enlisted as a secret agent by MI6 to spy upon suspect Russian businessmen.
Barbara Ragg, fearless literary agent, succumbs to romance and the charms of the Scottish Highlands whilst her colleague and rival Rupert Porter tracks a mysterious author through the halls of Fortnum & Mason.
Dee, vitamin evangelist and retailer, hits upon a miracle cure with her Sudoku remedy while the loveable Terence Moongrove, exponent of sacred dance, is saved from financial ruin through timely intervention by The Green Man.
Very pleased to find The Telegraph's podcast of The Dog Who Came In From The Cold (published May 2010) online read by Andrew Sachs (Chapter 1-47 out of 78 chapters):
1. What Our Furniture Says About Us etc
10. 'How Dim Can You Get?' etc
20. The Open Society and Its Enemies etc
30. The Sleeper Train etc
40. Morphic Resonance etc
Another immensely entertaining read liberally sprinkled with gentle humour by a storyteller par excellence and the master of the serial novel form, and his accurate observations and commentaries on the idiosyncrasies and quirks of human nature are all too disconcertingly true.
Favourite character? Definitely Terence Moongrove. He is hilarious. Andrew Sachs' interpretation of him is spot-on.
If there is such a thing as a perfect book, this would be the one.
I look forward to the third book in the Corduroy Mansions series called A Conspiracy of Friends (2011) available now.
Happy weekend reading.
Rating: 5/5
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